A extended conversation between two old friends over dinner proves an unexpectedly fascinating subject for a film in the critically acclaimed My Dinner with André. The talkers in question are André Gregory, a renowned experimental theater director, and playwright and actor Wallace Shawn, both of whom play themselves. The film is not a documentary, but a condensation of several real discussions fashioned into a dramatic exchange by Shawn and director Louis Malle. The subtle conflict stems from the differences in the men's characters: Gregory is an inquisitive, uninhibited wanderer, willing to travel to remote lands to take part in unusual foreign rituals, while Shawn is the cynical, realistic New Yorker, more concerned with the challenges and rewards of day-to-day city life. Malle approaches their philosophical yet playful back-and-forth with a straightforward, minimal style that only rarely wanders outside its restaurant setting. The focus therefore falls on Shawn's and Gregory's contrasting verbal styles and facial expressions, highlighting conversational nuances normally lost on film. While the idea of watching any conversation for over 90 minutes, no matter how fascinating, may turn off some viewers, enough audiences have supported the film to make it an art-house classic. ~ Judd Blaise, RoviMovie Title : My Dinner with André
Release Date : Oct 11, 1981 Limited Genre Movie :Drama,Comedy
Mpaa Rating : PG Actors :Wallace Shawn,Andre Gregory,Jean Lenauer,Roy Butler
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User Ranting Movie My Dinner with André : 4User Count Like for My Dinner with André : 6,058
Critics Ranting For My Dinner with André : 7.3
Critics Percentage For My Dinner with André : 90 %
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The dining duo struggle with words between bites, groping for a recipe summoning the meaning of life. And in a movie that redefined as a surprising and inventive enduring classic, both leading man requisites and filmmaking conventions.Prairie Miller-WBAI Radio
(It) is a downright transgressive film because it brazenly allows its characters to just talk. Actually it allows Andre to talk and, just as importantly, for Wally to listen.
Christopher Long-Movie Metropolis
... an intellectual bull session as cinematic performance piece...
Sean Axmaker-Turner Classic Movies Online
What makes the film so intriguing and so beguiling and so utterly wonderful is the way it slowly reveals itself, uncoiling in ways that don't produce dramatic fireworks, but rather gradual realizations
James Kendrick-Q Network Film Desk
For the few film freaks who still wear the "intellectual" epithet proudly rather than ironically, My Dinner with André is a religious experience...with a side of potato soup.
Joseph Jon Lanthier-Slant Magazine
But what an egg it is.
Joseph Jon Lanthier-Slant Magazine
Louis Malle's film was unique and exceptional in 1981, and it's still fairly unusual. It's a lesson in the value of listening and squeezing riches about humanity out of the swag of talk
Andrew L. Urban-Urban Cinefile
Witty, urbane, original and very dated.
Cole Smithey-ColeSmithey.com
It's all talk, most of it interesting.
Gerry Shamray-Sun Newspapers of Cleveland
Like watching paint dry, only less entertaining.
Ken Hanke-Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant.TagLine My Dinner with André
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